Chapter 130 - Stealing Classified Information (1/2)
Chapter 130 - Stealing Classified Information
Chapter 130 - Stealing Classified Information
The police and paramedics arrived together and the town folk told the police about the situation in various voices.
A paramedic looked at Xia Lei squatting next to Josef in astonishment. He was holding the tweezers in Josef’s back steady. “What are you doing?”
“The bullet hit his lung and he’s in critical condition. I removed the bullet for him, then clamped his blood vessel with tweezers to stop the bleeding,” explained Xia Lei.
“Wha-?” The paramedic was at a loss for words.
“Who told you to do this?” asked a nurse reproachfully, “Don’t you know that this is very dangerous?”
Xia Lei said nothing. Josef’s condition was stable and that was enough. He did not expect these paramedics to thank him for his great help.
The paramedics put an oxygen mask on Josef. The nurse who had admonished Xia Lei cautiously took over the holding of the tweezers from him and held it steady like he had been doing. The paramedics were aware that though Xia Lei’s methods had been rough, they have saved Josef’s life.
Xia Lei walked towards Annina after handing Josef off to the paramedics. Annina was being questioned by the police so he did not go close but stood to one side to listen.
You said you killed five gang members?” The police officer writing notes couldn’t believe it and his eyes were full of surprise.
“Yes. I used my father’s hunting gun to shoot them. Their bodies are in the woods,” said Annina.
“You did this yourself?” asked the policeman.
Annina glanced at Xia Lei.
Xia Lei grew nervous - he had no idea what Annina would say.
Annina was silent for a bit before answering. “Yes, I did it on my own. They were members of a gang and they’d attacked me before in a bar. They came chasing all the way here today and shot my friend Josef. They wanted to kill me too. I was defending myself.”
The police asked more questions and Annina answered. Xia Lei let out a quiet breath of relief. He had not fired the gun himself but guided Annina in the killing of those gang members because he did not want to stir up trouble for himself. Annina seemed to have picked up on this and shouldered the responsibility though she knew it was impossible for her to have done this alone.
Josef was quickly taken away in the ambulance and the police found the bodies of the five gang members in the woods. The bodies were packed in body bags and carted off on a temporarily commandeered pick-up truck.
“Miss Annina, you’ll have to come with us to the police station to help with the investigation,” said a police officer, “Don’t worry, it’s just procedure. You killed them in self-defence so there will not be any charges against you.”
“Can I have a few minutes?” asked Annina, “I want to speak with my friend.”
The policeman nodded, “Go ahead, but be quick.”
Annina walked to Xia Lei, pulled him to a corner and made sure no one was listening before she spoke. “Lukas, go to my house and wait for me to come back. I won’t be long.”
“Sure, I’ll go to your house after you leave,” said Xia Lei.
“You can sleep in the room upstairs and use the bathroom there. Um, just do what you’d like, no worries,” said Annina.
Xia Lei nodded. However, he was not thinking of sleeping or showering - he was thinking of how he would enter Josef’s shed and obtain the secrets of the intelligent lathe after the police and residents leave.
Annina suddenly hugged Xia Lei and nibbled on his ear. “Wait for me to come back.”
Her softness, her fragrance and sexiness were right in his arms and aroused certain inclinations in Xia Lei. His body stiffened. He did not know how to respond to her words.
Annina kissed him on his cheek and smiled, then turned and walked back to the waiting policemen.
Xia Lei watched Annina get into the police car. The police drove off and he smiled wryly. ‘Western women are really open. Should I tell her I have a wife? Will she get mad if I tell her?’
It was difficult to guess at the way a woman’s mind worked.